sense of humor

You can sense a danger or an urgency (to act) but not a humour. You have a sense of humour by demonstrating your ability to appreciate humour.

We don't feel danger, we sense danger, for example when we see a coiled cobra nearby, we see a threat. The feeling is fear, not danger.

Guren FirippuI always hear expressions like, "I feel a great sense of danger", "They felt a sense of urgency".

an awareness of danger; an awareness of urgency

An awareness of (something) is one step removed from the thing itself. Feeling a sense of danger is like feeling all the cues that something dangerous may be somewhere near you, but not knowin

I see. So the best way to explain it to a beginner Japanese student is by using the word "awareness".
I was really having a hard time making her understand the pattern. She insisted that 'sense' is synonymous to 'feel' and that she didn't get the idea of using the two words together in the same senten

"feel" is linked to an internal emotion, shared emotion, sympathy or physical touch.
I feel angry.
I feel cold.
I feel sad.
I felt that he was wrong. (my emotional opinion of him.)

"Sense" is more an awareness or suspicion of something external that would cause an emotional response.

He sensed that she was near. (a feeling of love, a hint of her perfume?)
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